15 questionswith explanationsfor RAS, Patwari, VDO and other Rajasthan exams
Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad (RGAVP), which works under the brand name 'Rajeevika', was set up by the State Government as an autonomous society in:
Answer: (3) 2010
Explanation
RGAVP was set up in October 2010 under the Rural Development Department as a society registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958.
Rajeevika (RGAVP) is the state agency in Rajasthan for implementing which national programme?
Answer: (1) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
Explanation
RGAVP (Rajeevika) implements DAY-NRLM in Rajasthan, building self-help groups of rural poor women and their federations.
Arrange the community institutions promoted by Rajeevika in Rajasthan from the lowest (village/hamlet) level to the highest:
Answer: (4) Self-Help Group → Village Organisation → Cluster Level Federation
Explanation
Women first form Self-Help Groups; SHGs of a village federate into a Village Organisation, and VOs federate into a Cluster Level Federation.
Under the 'Lakhpati Didi' initiative implemented through Rajeevika in Rajasthan, a 'Lakhpati Didi' is:
Answer: (2) An SHG member whose annual household income is at least ₹1 lakh
Explanation
A Lakhpati Didi is an SHG member whose annual household income is ₹1 lakh or more, sustained over at least four agricultural seasons or business cycles.
In NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2023-24 (fourth edition), Rajasthan was placed in which category?
Answer: (3) Front Runner
Explanation
Rajasthan's composite score was 67 in 2023-24 (up from 60 in 2020-21), placing it among Front Runners (score 65-99).
In the SDG India Index 2023-24, Rajasthan attained the maximum score of 100 ('Achiever') on which Sustainable Development Goal?
Answer: (2) SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Explanation
Rajasthan scored 100 on SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) in both 2020-21 and 2023-24; its SDG 13 score stayed at 54.
According to NITI Aayog's 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023', the share of Rajasthan's population that was multidimensionally poor fell from 28.86% in 2015-16 to what in 2019-21?
Answer: (1) 15.31%
Explanation
Rajasthan's MPI headcount ratio fell from 28.86% (NFHS-4, 2015-16) to 15.31% (NFHS-5, 2019-21), and its MPI value from about 0.14 to 0.07.
Consider the following statements about NITI Aayog's National Multidimensional Poverty Index (2023), which gives estimates of poverty in Rajasthan: 1. Its estimates for Rajasthan are based on NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21) data. 2. It measures deprivations in health, education and standard of living through 12 indicators. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: (3) Both 1 and 2
Explanation
The National MPI uses NFHS rounds and covers 3 dimensions with 12 indicators (adding maternal health and bank account to the global MPI's 10).
The Human Development Index (HDI), on which Rajasthan's State Human Development Reports (prepared with UNDP support) are based, combines indicators of which three dimensions?
Answer: (4) Health, education and income
Explanation
HDI measures a long and healthy life (life expectancy), knowledge (schooling) and a decent standard of living (per capita income).
As per the CAG's performance audit of the Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan (2026), roughly what share of the state's rural households had tap water connections when the Mission was launched on 15 August 2019?
Answer: (1) About 11%
Explanation
CAG found that of 1.08 crore rural households in Rajasthan in August 2019, only about 11.69 lakh (10.84%) already had tap water connections.
Which department of the Government of Rajasthan is the main implementing agency for the Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal) in the state?
Answer: (2) Public Health Engineering Department
Explanation
Drinking water supply in Rajasthan, including JJM tap connections, is the responsibility of the Public Health Engineering Department (Jal Swasthya Abhiyantriki Vibhag).
When the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act came into force on 2 February 2006, it was implemented in six districts of Rajasthan in the first phase. Which of the following was NOT one of them?
Answer: (4) Barmer
Explanation
The first-phase districts in Rajasthan were Banswara, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Karauli, Sirohi and Udaipur; Barmer was not among them.
In its Budget for 2022-23, the Government of Rajasthan raised the employment available under MGNREGA in the state, with the additional days funded by the State, to how many days per household in a year?
Answer: (3) 125 days
Explanation
The 2022-23 State Budget raised MGNREGA work in Rajasthan from 100 to 125 days, with the extra 25 days (about ₹750 crore) borne by the State.
Under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, which replaced MGNREGA from 1 July 2026, in what ratio do the Centre and Rajasthan share the cost of the scheme?
Answer: (2) 60:40
Explanation
VB-G RAM G is funded 60:40 by the Centre and general-category States such as Rajasthan; the 90:10 pattern applies only to north-eastern and Himalayan States.
'Banko Bikano', a campaign run in Bikaner district of Rajasthan with technical support from the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program, was mainly aimed at:
Answer: (1) Making villages open-defecation free through community-led sanitation
Explanation
'Banko Bikano' ('brave and beautiful Bikaner') was a Community-Led Total Sanitation campaign that made hundreds of Bikaner's gram panchayats open-defecation free.